Informational Processing Theory

Question 1

What is the Informational Processing Theory? How does thinking take place?

Answer 1

Humans and computers are viewed as informational processing systems
Input-Output systems
Information is processed as it moves through the system

Question 2

What is the structure of the information processing system?

Answer 2

focus on the amount of stores and duration of stores

Question 3

What is the sensory store? Capacity? Duration?

Answer 3

Initial registration of sensory info.
Large amount of info for milliseconds

Question 4

What mental process moves information from the Sensory Store to the Short-Term
Store?

Answer 4

Attention

Question 5

What mental process moves information from the Short-Term Store to the Long-Term Store?

Answer 5

Rehearsal

Question 6

What is the STM? Capacity? Duration?

Answer 6

Combining info coming into the SM memory with info stored in LTM and transforming that info into new forms
7+-2 for 15-25 seconds

Question 7

What is LTM? Capacity? Duration?

Answer 7

Info in STM is transferred to LTM
Infinite amount of info stored indefinitely

Question 8

What is software of the mind refer to? What are automatic and effortful processes? How are they
distinct? How are they similar?

Answer 8

Processes can be placed on a continuum relative to how much of ones limited capacity each process requires for its execution
Automatic processes: requires little to no mental resources
Effortful processes: require the use of mental resources

Question 9

How does this theory explain cog dev?

Answer 9

Quantitative changes in either of the systems